One of the most visible hornists today,
John Ericson has wide-ranging experience as an orchestral player, soloist, and teacher. Co-founder of the online magazine
Horn Matters, Ericson began his professional career with serving for six seasons as Third Horn in the Nashville Symphony. From there, he turned to full time teaching; first at the Crane School of Music (SUNY Potsdam) where he launched one of the first large horn websites
Horn Articles Online. Since 2001 he has served on the faculty at Arizona State University, where he is Brass Area Coordinator. He has also performed with groups including the Indianapolis Symphony, the Phoenix Symphony, and the Rochester Philharmonic.
He holds degrees from Indiana University (DM), the Eastman School of Music
(MM and the Performer's Certificate), and Emporia State University (BM),
his hometown university.

His three solo CDs on the Summit label have received critical acclaim:
The Horn Call hailed
Les Adeiux for "Fantastic playing.... The level of musicality, nuance and artistry is not to be missed" and called
Canto a "Terrific collaboration between horn and piano." In addition, Ericson has made recordings with The Potsdam Brass Quintet and The Nashville Symphony, performed on the Grammy Award nominated
Fourth World of Native American flutist R. Carlos Nakai, and was a frequent recording artist in the studios in Nashville.
His most recent recording projects are Table for Three, a
collaboration with his ASU colleagues Douglas Yeo and Deanna Swoboda, and
Rescued!, a collection of forgotten solo works performed on the 19th-century F horn.

Besides teaching at Arizona State, in recent years Ericson has served as artist faculty at the Interlochen Center for the Arts and the Brevard Music Center, where he has worked with hundreds of talented horn students from around the world. His publications are a reflection of his teaching. With his additional strong interest in all instruments of the middle brass, Ericson has print and online publications on topics as diverse as the mellophone and the Wagner tuba.
He has performed and presented sessions at seven international horn
symposiums and numerous regional events. A recognized authority on the
history of the horn in the nineteenth century, Ericson is a recipient of
the Harold Meek Memorial Award from the International Horn Society.